Hai Karate - vintage TV commercial

[KrayGeddie]

This stuff was great for burning off warts...

[gymdog45]

Sixty percent of the time, it works EVERY time...

[VhUgGz]

Hai Karate- Keep the pimp hand strong.

[Landrew0]

Axe ver 1.0

[blueshark2010]

He should have grabbed her and put her in a reverse naked choke. :-)

[FUSSYMUAYTHAI]

THIS BEGAT BRUCE LEE AND KUNG FU FIGHTING OUSSSSSSSS !!

[deansusky]

Wish girls acted like that this days over this

[khrystal1968]

SMELLED LIKE PISS

[karen2006p]

hey gwugluud i did that with bumble bees in a jar even put English saddle on them lol . I guess men got scared of the side effects it would cause with women so they pulled it off the market lol

[karen2006p]

hey gwugluud i did that with bumble bees in a jar even put English saddle on them lol

[tonydalcon]

Once again featuring the great VO presence of William Conrad...

[paranorma1palace]

smells like shite, and makes your face sticky :)

[harrison58]

There was a rip-off brand in the early 80s called "Loe Jujitsu", anybody remember that jobby? It smelled like a wet phone book which had been sitting in goat feces, though...

[Jaistar2k22]

I found this in a cupboard. Would it still be safe to use?

[centralzootinizer]

@Jaistar2k22 yes very safe indeed.

[MrsClippit]

@LambiSinClair no, it actually smelled pretty good. your friend was wrong.

[elc1960]

I prefer Hai Pancrase myself.

[scorchedcandy]

Lol! This reminds me of those silly Axe body spray ads.

[SatansMullet]

Thats it dude you show her whos boss!! karate chop that bitch right on the titty!!!

[pholosofr]

I've got a bottle of this almost full, was in my dad's old things. Smell isn't that bad to me, smells like old guy cologne. I wouldn't say it smells much different than old spice, it's got the 70 mustache musky smell to it. one question for the old timers though, the bottle I have doesn't have the hands on each side of the "hai karate" letters. Anyone know why? is this actually nock off old cologne?

[citizenkong]

@LambiSinClair

Oh baby!

[citizenkong]

@LambiSinClair

Ooops. . . . . I'm not surprised.

Anal glands are weird. Makes me not want to own any more pets.

[citizenkong]

@LambiSinClair

I'm surprised considering the bottle would be over 40 years old.

[citizenkong]

@LambiSinClair

If you attacked me, then all that would change.

[citizenkong]

That commercial is just like my life, but the women are not attractive.

[membersince2010]

I have a full bottle that I found cleaning out my mom's house. It smells like hell.

[omegaracer1]

id buy this just cuz of this commercial

[xXRicanXnenaXx]

yo this crap gotta give you a rash now lol

[Stratman78]

I swear to God, if I happen to find a full bottle of Hai Karate cologne at a garage sale, I'd buy it and wear it just for the shock factor. AND I WOULD DO THAT!!!!

[tuttt99]

It smells so bad I would sure try to deck the hell out of any guy who came near me wearing that foul odourous stuff...

[Newtwist75]

Dont tell me they still make this stink juice!

Reminds me of that Sex panther from the Ron Burgundy movie.

[JackDaniels267]

I got this as talc when I was wee from my gran at Xmas. It was fuckin' stinking and made you sneeze!!!!

[SpocksBrain425]

We were rewatching "The Incredibles" and just noticed that Frozone was putting on some Hai Karate during the "Where's my super suit?" segment. I busted out laughing. You had to remember the 60s to get the joke. Love those Pixar easter eggs!

[shenstone]

its been repackaged and used today as paint stripper

[thechairman123]

I'm a fan of Low Kung-Fu myself.

[5ynyster89]

its smells like a mixture of dos equis and axe

[TheSamsw]

My Dad STILL has a bottle of this in his wardrobe LOL

[Ladyofdeath777]

Does anyone know what this smells like?

[chairmanofthebored1]

Brisk? More like potent. 

[klabkebash]

Back in the 90's I picked one up at a garage sale, I had no idea it was a famous cologne until I saw this video.. No clue how old it was, but it still smelled good. I do remember a Married with children episode where Al and Jefferson said they were going to put on some Hai Karate and go pick up some chicks and they were doing Karate chops to each other.

[arkady714]

I had an uncle who wore this stuff. He'd crash at our home when visting in from college. It was like sharing a room with a lemon with sideburns.

[scaramoochscaramooch]

i see those at the .99 store..lol

[steve7138]

I MISS THAT COMMERCIAL back in 1965/66!

Be careful how you use it!

[DrQuinton]

oh man that shit was the butt of so many jokes through the years lol

[MelStar111]

My brother was obsessed with Hai-Karate when he was only 7 years old (because of this commercial). He wanted his own bottle and wore way too much of it everywhere. I will never forget the scent. (overpowering!)

[passionfish123]

60% of the time it works everytime lol

[dribnifMatt]

fantastic

[rgarcia77]

Got my 1st bottle of this stuff at Sav-On's Drugstore (Lime scented) in 1969.

[LotusDragon09]

Imagine the possibilities with both this and Axe.

[odog65]

@LotusDragon09 I'm gonna try this with axe but don't know which axe frangrance to mix with it maybe essence. and after seeing this I would need to spray recovery

[odog65]

@LotusDragon09 well if the FB page can get lots of fans maybe it will come out again

[hildman5]

a very wonder video of this. it take me back too those.

old day. at 35 0r year. ago.

[elc1960]

This cologne was of the same caliber as English Leather, Jovan Musk for men, Mennen Skin Bracer, Brut, etc. If you ran out of booze those colognes would do in a pinch. Loaded with alcohol, but safer than anti-freeze.

[jason75]

I remember this commerical takes me back as a kid

[racer500gp]

I remember this commercial so well !!!

[gwugluud]

I would always get this for Christmas when I was elementary-school age. I still don't get that. One day during the summer me and other kids took it to pour on bugs we'd catch. They'd have seizures and die.

[tylercalebconnor]

@gwugluud HAHAHAHA

[ebf1957]

@theawakener7 It's Adolph Caesar.

[salvadormarley]

I gotta get myself some Hai Karate.

Drives the women wild by the look of it!!!!!

[isitu75]

@salvadormarley yah it gives you a licences to beat women

[emmajw36]

what year did this video air? originally i mean. not on youtube.

[elc1960]

@emmajw36 It ran all the time between 1966 and 1968. They had a whole series of ads for it with all these nerdy guys fighting off hot girls that wouldn't ordinarily have farted in their direction otherwise. The guy in this particular ad looks like Conan O'Brien and Drew Carey had a baby and he grew up.

[Arkady63]

I had an uncle who wore this stuff. He smelled like lemon.

[BREN70S]

@ShoppingBargains shove it up your hole

[ricadus]

No it is William Conrad (played TV detective Frank Canon in the early 1970s).

[LolaCrazy222]

Hai Karate smelled horrible. I'm glad it's no longer around.

[keyboardcatfan]

NO means NO lady!!

[vegasslimjim]

Loved that stuff, wish it was still around

[Ronnysan50]

@vegasslimjim Me too!!!!

[kayetraye]

i dont get it. so he didnt want that girl touching him? then whats the point of using hai karate? lol

[proudvet363]

@kayetraye .... Yeah, I hate when women throw themselves at me like that. Not that it's happened too often. Well, not ever, actually....maybe I'll try a Hai Karate / Axe combo....

[thrummer1953]

The preferred fragrance of Bobby Riggs.

[doglips1958]

The narrator is William Conrad of Cannon,Jake and the Fatman, and Nero Wolfe fame!!!

[robertabramson]

I bought that for my dad in the 70's. He actually used it.

[HypnoToad72]

So if I wear Hai Karate, a chick with cool hair will get turned on and want to grab at me, only to respond by giving her a karate chop?

[heterodoxphilomath]

hai karate - be careful how you use it! lol hah!

[mpdivo]

This is Axe!

[rickoshaycomics]

Good thing there was no Hai Revolver

[doglips1958]

@rickoshaycomics There was.Phil Spector and Robert Blake both used it.

[lilLeolion]

no woman can resist my body when i puts on my hai karate! hahahah

[shaveyourtaint]

stellar

[BillFreelandRobinson]

I have the full :60 second version of this in 16mm if anyone is interested.

[kurtb8474]

I remember this commercial. Classic!

[BaddaBigBoom]

LOL Woody Allen

[cch222]

These are exactly like axe commercials today! it kinda seems like axe totally ripped off hai karate

[chewy919]

The name of the actor is Rik Pierce who lived (lives) in Brooklyn. He would pass out buttons that read "Rik Pierce is a superb actor".

[orchidtender]

Hey, you all saw it - he was acting in self-defense.

[GMRDUI]

Like someone said earlier, It's so reminiscent of the Axe commercials it's crazy.

[LENTICULARPLASTIC]

I remember one Christmas I got Hai Karate *AND* Jade East! Eew... I'd rather smell like a slave ship!

[chineseboxdrink]

Hai Karate: the preferred after-shave choice of al bundy

[jayevens]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[ysbaddaden2003]

Oh for the good ol' days

When slapping a woman around

Was considered foreplay.

[scottgogogo]

Wow I better go easy on that stuff I don't want to trash my dates pad.

[uebergeek]

Hmm, there's one thing you don't see nowadays - ad campaigns centered on the appeal of domestic violence!

[TacoJack]

What about CANOE?

C - come on over

A - alone

N - now

O - OK

E - etc, etc

See what that hadn't figured out in the 50's-60's-70's is that cologne and aftershave don't work. It has to be in body spray form for women to respond. We're so much smarter now. Everybody give yourself a pat on the back.

[Novatogal]

My brother bought this stuff when this commercial came out and all I remember was that it STUNK!!

[alkh3myst]

That's why I never forgot this swampwater. The whole point was how stupid you felt after putting it on. At least mine was a present. My whole family used to go around making fun of this commercial. WHAT GARBAGE!

[jenzeppelin]

obviously i didn't read the other comment before i made mine :)-

[jenzeppelin]

it's like an Axe commercial in the 50's

[NoirFan01]

Only this Hai Karate commercial is from the late 60s/early 70s. But, yeh, it totally reminds me of the Axe commercials.

[RPULTZ69]

@jenzeppelin you mean 70's

[beefdog]

@jenzeppelin pretty much

[wink12345]

That's like the axe commercials targeted towards teens today.

[mistertug]

dude you stole my comment

[ginzagentry]

何でまた空手って名前を使ったんだろう？

[spankula123]

did he chop his bitch?

[rallyf1]

the self defence instruction booklet is what bruce lee used to master his martial arts.

[virago1776]

Ah yes, Hai Karate, The Green Hornet, Star Trek, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, I Spy, Jane Ann...uh, well, ok, the last one I wish I hadn't remembered.

First time I wore Hai karate was on a Friday night.

I was decked out in a silk Nehru shirt, bell bottom jeans, black boots with Cuban heels and had 20 bucks in my pocket.

Unfortunately the only thing that chased me was Jane Ann's father, all decked out in his T-shirt, boxers, rude attitude and a 12 gauge.

Lordy, I wish I hadn't remembered that.

[at90percent]

Ah the good old days, when you could outright lie to consumers.

[devotodeloputrefacto]

Has anything really changed? hmmm :S

[fudgemonkeyz79]

I guess that nothing else IS silly putty.

[intruderart]

does anybody know the name of the actor? A friend of mine use to live in his rather large Brooklyn apartment in the 70s.

[mikey42]

Ask your friend.

[eLTeProductions]

oh snap!

[cspj12]

rik pierce

[pudodrewculous]

lmao

[RipJack645]

Its the tag body spray of the 50's

[generatrix999]

60's actually

[chrisman737]

I had this. It included a sheet of instructions of some ancient Karate prayer you say to get all these girls, or something to that effect. I wore the stuff and it smelled like a cross between bad coffee and urine.

[MSDTS]

The worst smelling shit ever! But we all still put it on. lol.

[Crushstation]

You are right!!!! that was foul, but the commercial said the girls would come if you wore it so we wore it.

[Chubachus]

lol, axe so ripped this off

[ThatSatyr]

..Hah, to me, this commercial says "Buy our product and it's totally fine to smack a bitch. They're crazy." Vintage TV is insane. Pickle surprise. They sure dont make water pipes the way they used to.

[Drunkhandpuppet]

I hear a vintage bottle of Hai Karate fetches around 300 US on ebay

[TheSanityInspector]

I thought about this commercial for the first time in decades, and here it is on YouTube! Thanks for posting.

[bearcub410]

this was one of the best commercials of the late 1960's i remember it well . makes me think of brut , english leather and jade east , all smelled like lemon pledge

[mmbmrock]

the after shave sucked but the karate lessons that came with it saved my ass a couple of times.

[funkmike]

Look at that goddamn FROWN at 0:15...could almost kill someone at ten paces.

[MelanieLouM]

My brother used to buy this aftershave...never did help him to get any pretty women, though! O_o

[chell11]

lol great footage of that nasty aftershame

[ukulazy]

haha preceded the Lynx commercials by over 30 years :)

LOL at the implied wife beating. Simpler times...

[algavin47]

Smelled vaguely like the Lexington avenue line on a Sunday morning.

[vivalasvegas1907]

You know your old man was a cheap bastard when he wore this she yauchT!

[lumpagogo]

Wonder why Hai Karate went OOB. Today, it would be called Hai MMA.

[comidadehospital]

im bored =( 9

[EnvyMyIgnorance]

LOL ok this is good stuff for back in the day. Makes me wonder if the square parents of the time were raising eyebrows.

[smokes2468]

Funny Stuff.

[mariaschex86]

Reminds me of the axe commercials.

[eggbertsmith]

I wore this once,

...my mom touched me.

[fahqueman]

I got a bottle of this stuff,it's about 30 years old!!smells like rubbing alcohol now!!

[Laceykat66]

That was the first thing I thought as well.

Everything old is new again

[CaptRon1913]

When I first saw an Axe commercial, I had a Hai Karate Flashback.

[madcapromanian]

This is a GRINDHOUSE style commercial!

Awesome!

[luverofblue567]

its like the prototype 4 axe lol!

[mfuji0001]

LMFAO! OSS! I'D WEAR IT! -_-

[randallcaster]

I knew a guy who had suitcases of knock-offs of

this stuff. One day I poured two bottles onto

the radiator, mass evaporation, and whole apt.

stinking the complex!

[Barndancer61]

OMG! As 10-11-12 year olds we used to act out these commercials in class, and drive the teachers to destruction. :)

[Hartcliff1963]

What a most ridiculous commercial... EVER!!!...

(anyone know where I can get some?...just as a gift you understand...)

[Anapple70]

Hosepipes and flashy cars are more effective actually.

[retrojoet]

I guess the guys who bought that stuff must have reached the pinnacle of desperation, because the college degree, penthouse apartment, mod clothes and flashy convertible wasn't getting them any swinging chicks! Yeah, like I would try to fight off some hot and groovy chick that really dug me!

[Nicetry75]

Who wants girls to just kick your ass when put on a certian aftershave!?!

[ITILII]

now that's a commercial

[ultrarockmanx]

I just thought of Axe. awsome

[ultrarockmanx]

I just thought of Axe. awsome

[talatsmum]

basically lynx but martial arts themed lolz

[billyk5775]

What's wrong with that guy. I wouldn't fight off a pretty girl like her.

[SolarTiger]

Hmmm...the GodFather of Axe...oh yea!!!

[kennethj1956]

I was disappointed when Hai karate didn't work for me in 8th grade.

Just look at the commercials, it works for those guys........

[smokes2468]

And just think how many men wore that stuff just to get some pussy.

[Dblitzen]

This one never fails to crack me up. Excellent!!

[LeroyBright]

I could not stop laughing at this commercial from beginning to end!

[mookie714]

oh, so hai karate is basiclly the Axe of it's day.

[ddccpprr]

He looks like woody allen

[cookiemew]

OMG 00:31 IS WIERD!

[dr1345]

wtf was that??? superlame

[edcassells]

Search the completed auctions on eBay for Hai Karate cologne/after shave and you'll be blown away by the prices they're fetching!

[eduardo002]

In that case, I wish I kept that bottle I never used that I got for Christmas from that girl who never wanted to go out with me.

[edcassells]

LOL

[13ruffy13]

AXE basicly completly copied them,wow just goes to show their are no new ideas in this world

[pompom11]

I remember that commercial being aired constantly, when it was popular. We could recite every word! Was fun wish the world was still REAL like it was back in those days. Greetings from Danvers, MA.

[happymundo]

Why the HELL is he fighting her off?

[thrummer1953]

Because,he's a fine,upstanding young single man who knows intercourse is only for married procreation.What's WRONG with you?!

[doglips1958]

@thrummer1953 You mean I pounded on my wife before we were married for FUN and I was wrong????Sure seemed like the right thing to do at the time!!!LOL!!!

[uscrules81]

Are you kidding? You can tell by looking at him that he's gay!

[stlotto05]

the commercial announcer is what does it for me, being a horror movie fan, i can't help but be reminisced of the old 'dawn of the dead' and 'day of the dead' promo's the guy done. its about as implusive as them stupid head-on commercials now.

[aerris]

yeah he sounds like the guy on the fake "machete" trailer at the start of Grindhouse Planet Terror. "They just fucked with the WRONG mexican!"

[dolcedestiny]

kinda like the axe commercials